Three months ago, in a moment of christmassy optimism, I posted a draft quiz meant to help answer that question: Which Ilona Andrews series should you start next? The idea was simple: New Hordlings would arrive on our welcoming BDH shores after reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. They would discover multiple Ilona Andrews
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Blankets and Life
I’m very tired of being Ilona Andrews, so today will be a no promo day. A while ago I started making crocheted plushies and bought a lot of yarn. In my defense, it was cheap and very soft. The plush making phase has now passed, so I was left with a large amount of yarn.
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Book Devouring Horde: TNG
As you all know, Ilona and Gordon are currently deep in the writing cave finishing Maggie 2. The cave door is closed. ASMR keyboard clatter can be heard faintly in the distance. If you look at the homepage, you’ll see a new countdown clock to the release of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Nineteen
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The Devouring Oscars
Since the Oscars are just around the corner, it seems only fair that the Book Devouring Horde hold their own awards ceremony. Andrea donated some extra-long purple shag carpet and Steve said any machine is a smoke machine if he operates it, so the ceremony part is clearly handled. We just need you to pick
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Clean Desk, Clean Shelves…
For some surprising reason, pictures of my cluttered desk and shelf generated a lot of questions and excitement. The desk is now clean. In order of appearance, left to right People asked about the keyboard. It’s a custom keyboard that I built for myself. Keyboards are our main tool of trade, so we invest in
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OPERATION: NINJA FERRET THE DEAL
It began, as all questionable Horde initiatives do, with Steve. Minutes from the Official BDH Valentine’s Strategic Business Summit Q1 Special Session: Romantic Advancement Initiative Chair:Mod R (reluctantly) Instigator:You’ll never guess who Objective:Secure formal Valentine’s Day declaration between Augustine Montgomery, illusion Prime, Head of House Montgomery and Diana Harrison, animal mage Prime, Head of House
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Learn Business English with Pancakes!
According to Amazon Germany, Beast Business is now the top-selling title in the “Learn Business English” category. Embracing Augustine Montgomery as a romantic lead assassin with illusion magic? That’s so last week. We must look ahead to Pancakes, the Educator. In the spirit of lifelong learning, below are some of the advanced Business English phrases,
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Lavender Sunsets, Crocheted Hedgehogs, and Other Small Things
A while ago I posted a hedgehog on Facebook and I received several requests for the pattern. This toy was a little bit of a challenge for me. I’ve always thought amigurumi was out of my league. So full disclosure: this is toy #3. The first went to Kid 2, the second to Kid 1,
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New Year, New Challenges
Happy 2026, everybody. ::looks at her Inbox:: Aaaaa! We are just going to pretend the emails don’t exist for the next hour while I write this. How did your holidays go? Ours were quiet and peaceful. Because of the kids having other commitments, we pushed the gift giving to New Year, and it was a
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BDH Wrapped
If you’ve spent any time on the internet in December, you’ve probably encountered some version of “Wrapped” data from various apps or media services. The idea became mainstream with Spotify Wrapped, an annual feature that summarizes a user’s listening habits into a “snapshot of the year”, including features like estimating your age based on the
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Happy Holidays
This year we thought we would be by ourselves for Christmas, but plans fell through and now the kids are coming for the Christmas Eve dinner and I’m so happy. We missed Thanksgiving because we were sick, and although we are all meeting for New Year to celebrate my birthday, I’m looking forward to tonight.
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The Facebook Cake
Two things are true: I cannot decorate cakes and I cannot post pics without paying the recipe tax. This is not a humble brag. The cake below represents all the skills I have. Piping and I are not friends. Also this is just a box cake that’s been doctored up, because when Gordon eats cake,
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